Affective perception of elementary PE students in the province of Alicante

Abstract

Motor interaction helps determine the type of sociomotor game and provides specific characteristics that differentiate this didactic resource from PE classes. The purpose of this study is to identify the affective perception of 5th and 6th graders of cooperation and cooperation-opposition games in PE classes based on their sex. A total of 70 students from the province of Alicante, ages 10 to 12, participated in this descriptive study. Data was collected using the PANAS survey. Main results indicate that there is less positive affect in cooperative games than in cooperation-opposition games. In conclusion, positive affect predominates in both sociomotor games, which makes them an ideal content to build a good learning environment. Regarding sex, girls perceive more positive affect in cooperation-opposition games than boys and less in unopposed cooperation games, while boys perceive more negative affect than girls in both games.